Bills Pending Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee

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TNSB1121Intro
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As introduced, eliminates the application and processing fee for an enhanced handgun carry permit. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1321Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the administrative office of the courts to conduct a study, within existing resources, of the number of individuals convicted under offenses for carrying or possessing weapons with the intent to go armed and the penalties asse...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1113Intro
25%
As introduced, enacts "Ed's Law"; requires a juvenile accused of certain criminal offenses to be transferred from juvenile court to criminal court to be tried as an adult if the juvenile court finds probable cause that the juvenile committed the act....
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0941Intro
25%
As introduced, directs TACIR to conduct a study comparing the length of sentences imposed on individuals currently incarcerated with current sentencing guidelines, and identify any disparities between sentences imposed for similar offenses; requires ...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0887Intro
25%
As introduced, reduces from 60 days to 30 days, the time within which a police officer must return a pay supplement from the time of revocation of a certification due to supplying or acquiescing in false information being supplied to the Tennessee pe...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1233Intro
25%
As enacted, expands the criminal offenses of assault and aggravated assault against a first responder or nurse who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties to include healthcare providers and increases the penalty for assault against...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1401Intro
25%
As introduced, requires a party who files a divorce complaint to also simultaneously file information regarding whether parties have health insurance coverage in employer-based health coverage and whether such coverage is provided for any children of...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1013Intro
25%
As introduced, changes from 10 days to three business days after an abortion the time within which the abortion must be reported to the office of vital records by the person in charge of the institution where the abortion was performed or by the atte...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1360Intro
25%
As introduced, entitles criminal investigators hired on or after July 1, 1994, to be compensated at a rate equal to 35 percent of the annual compensation of the district attorney general, with compensation rate increases for 20 years until the compen...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1183Intro
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As introduced, requires a court clerk, when informing a person entering a payment plan of the consequences of failing to comply with the payment plan, to provide the information in writing. - Amends TCA Title 28; Title 29; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1168Intro
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As introduced, requires a practitioner to discuss with patients the addiction and overdose risks associated with certain prescription drugs, alternative treatments that may be available, and the reasons why the prescription is necessary prior to issu...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1460Intro
25%
As introduced, requires that the Tennessee bureau of investigation's annual report on narcotics investigations be submitted to the general assembly by March 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 41.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1012Intro
25%
As introduced, reduces from seven calendar days to three business days the period within which a physician must notify the board of medical examiners after learning that the physician has been criminally charged with violating the statutory prohibiti...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1520Intro
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As introduced, increases the penalty for the criminal offense of bribery from a Class B felony to a Class A felony; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to investigate allegations of bribery when two or more reports have been received and t...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1165Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the annual written report submitted to the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate regarding activities of narcotics investigations by the bureau and the assistant d...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1248Intro
25%
As introduced, requires law enforcement officers to satisfactorily complete a diversity training program created by the peace officer standards and training commission by July 1, 2024, or within six months of the officer's date of employment. - Amend...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0787Intro
25%
As introduced, changes, from 30 days to 60 days, the time in which a respondent who is not satisfied with the amount deposited by a condemner, or otherwise objects to a taking through the use of eminent domain, must file an answer to the petition ini...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1186Intro
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As introduced, requires each law enforcement agency to post on the agency's website its written policy that prohibits racial profiling by its employees. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1502Intro
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As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to post information on its website about the Tennessee human trafficking resource center hotline. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0905Intro
25%
As introduced, specifies that when sentencing a minor convicted as an adult, a court may impose a sentence less than the minimum under law; prohibits courts from sentencing juvenile offenders to life without the possibility of parole; authorizes mino...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1509Intro
25%
As introduced, authorizes certain nonprofit property owners associations to employ and commission police officers. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 38.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1041Intro
25%
As introduced, requires the department to maintain staffing levels of case managers so that each region has enough case managers to allow caseloads not to exceed 20 active cases relating to initial assessments or 20 children monitored and supervised ...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1497Intro
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As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to use only an appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle to make traffic stops in non-emergency situations; defines an appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle as one that bears insignias, stri...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1436Intro
25%
As introduced, requires a state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency, correctional agency, or court to include the location of a law enforcement-related death when submitting the required report of the death to the director of the Tennessee b...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0929Intro
25%
As introduced, requires that an interview or interrogation of a child taken into custody for a delinquent act must be recorded or conducted in the presence of an attorney who represents the child. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1 and Title 38, Chapte...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1051Intro
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As introduced, permits the department to electronically deliver the data related to complications of induced abortions, which is included in the department's annual report of selected induced termination of pregnancy data. - Amends TCA Title 37; Titl...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1115Intro
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As introduced, includes fentanyl, carfentanil, remifentanil, alfentanil, thiafentanil, or certain fentanyl derivatives or analogues as a chemical warfare agent when intended for use in a war or other attack to cause disease or death in humans, animal...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0739Intro
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As introduced, changes from March 31 to February 1, the date by which the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) must annually provide to the commissioner of health and to the general assembly a report on all law enforcement-related deaths that occu...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0758Intro
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As introduced, provides a procedure for the enforcement of a victim's constitutional and statutory rights in a court exercising jurisdiction over the criminal offense committed against the victim by the district attorney general prosecuting the crimi...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1126Intro
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As introduced, requires the form for use by a lay person petitioning the court for expunction to be made available to the public on the website of the district attorney general for each judicial district. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 40.
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1496Intro
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As introduced, prohibits a law enforcement agency from engaging in law enforcement activities which interfere with any person's First Amendment rights, engaging in First Amendment-related intelligence, or maintaining personal information about any pe...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1103Intro
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As introduced, requires the department to file a petition to terminate the parental rights of a parent if the parent has not substantially complied with the statement of responsibilities in the child's permanency plan and the period of time originall...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1083Intro
25%
As introduced, increases from two years to three years, the time within which a family child care home, group child care home, or child care center must retain a signed acknowledgment from the child's parents or legal guardians of the fact that the c...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0948Intro
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As introduced, requires the office of vital records to establish a procedure whereby the filing and registration of a birth certificate, and the attestation of the accuracy of the personal data provided for such filing, can be accomplished through el...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1157Intro
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As introduced, adds information to be provided by the department of safety in a report detailing seizures for the previous calendar year and provided to the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the chairs of the appropriate com...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1245Intro
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As introduced, requires the clerk of a court in which a petition for expunction may be filed to provide a petitioner with a simple form to enable a lay person to petition the court for expunction; deletes obsolete provision requiring the district att...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1489Intro
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As introduced, extends the time period, from 30 days following a final determination of suspension or revocation of a handgun carry permit to 45 days, within which a person may file a petition for judicial review of the department of safety's determi...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB1036Intro
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As introduced, requires a handgun carry permit holder to notify the department of a change of address within 30 days, rather than 60 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10; Title 13; Title 16; Title 29; Title 33; Title 36; Title 37; Title 38; ...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0790Intro
25%
As introduced, requires a sheriff to enforce the resolutions of the county, if the county has expressed by resolution its intent to have the sheriff enforce its resolutions, and the county has filed a certified copy of its resolutions with the sherif...
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2023-02-06
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TNSB0691Intro
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As introduced, removes the "within 10 days after January 1, 2015" factor from the requirement that each medical practitioner, unless the practitioner meets an exception, must ensure that the undispensed inventory of opioids and benzodiazepines purcha...
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0687Intro
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As introduced, requires the director, during the bureau's annual budget hearing before the general assembly, to provide information regarding the number of special agent/forensic scientists employed by the bureau, whether any such positions are open,...
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0708Intro
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As introduced, authorizes clerks to assess a transaction fee for electronic filing submitted by a party to a case in any court where electronic filing, signing, or verification of papers has been authorized by local court rule, and also approved by t...
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0719Intro
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As introduced, creates an evidentiary privilege for communications between human trafficking victims and employees or volunteers with an anti-human trafficking organization; requires nurses to obtain two hours in continuing education on human traffic...
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0730Intro
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As introduced, restores the voting rights of persons convicted of certain infamous crimes upon receipt of a pardon or completion of any sentence of incarceration, parole, or probation. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-102 and Title 40, Chapter 29.
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0718Intro
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As introduced, enacts the "Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction Act," which establishes a juvenile justice pilot program in Shelby County. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 40 and Title 41.
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0645Intro
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As introduced, limits the circumstances under which a qualified civil liability action may be brought against certain manufacturers, dealers, and sellers of firearms and related products. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6; Title 29; Title 39 and Title ...
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0651Intro
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As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to report to the general assembly which counties, if any, redrew precinct lines to ensure no split precincts in legislative districts. - Amends TCA Section 3-1-102.
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2023-02-02
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TNSB0109Intro
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As introduced, deletes the requirement that a person file a petition with the court in order to have the public records regarding a criminal offense expunged if certain qualifying events have occurred, including the charge against the person was dism...
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2023-01-31
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TNSB0566Intro
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As introduced, increases from $5.00 per day to $15 per hour the minimum amount that an arbitrator or umpire is entitled to for time spent actually engaged in their duties for an arbitration. - Amends TCA Title 29.
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2023-01-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
TNSB0592Intro
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As introduced, clarifies that references in Tennessee code annotated to "life," in the context of when life begins, means the moment that an egg is fertilized in the womb and there exists the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). - Amends T...
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2023-01-30
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